RPM acquires Dealers Choice Auto Transport and PARS, expanding into new markets
Michigan-based international non-asset-based logistics and supply chain solutions company RPM Freight Systems announced two significant acquisitions in December 2025, each allowing it to increase its footprint in a new market.
On December 9, 2025, RPM announced the acquisition of Professional Automotive Relocation Services (PARS), a relocation provider for the fleet industry. Then on 18 December it confirmed it had also acquired Dealers Choice Auto Transport, a vehicle shipping specialist.
Expanding into specialised white glove services
With the acquisition of Dealers Choice, RPM hopes to “bridge the gap between large-scale logistics and specialised dealership service, ensuring that customers on both sides of the transaction experience faster, more transparent, and high-quality vehicle transport.”
It intends to take advantage of Dealers Choice’s “deep expertise and high-touch customer service” to deepen its reach into the dealer-to-dealer, auction and personal sectors.
RPM will combine its large logistics network and technology platform with Dealers Choice’s specialist expertise to providing the reliable white glove care required for high-line dealerships, exotics, classic cars and personally-owned vehicle transportation.
"Joining RPM is a fantastic opportunity for our team and our customers after more than 20 years of service," said Steven Yariv, president and CEO of Dealers Choice Auto Transport. "Our deep roots in the exotic luxury dealership community and our focus on reliable, on-time delivery align perfectly with RPM's values. Together, we will be able to offer an even more powerful set of tools and a broader network, all while maintaining the personal care and reliability our customers have come to expect from us."
Expanding into fleet relocation and lifecycle management services
RPM’s acquisition of PARS represents a move into high-value corporate fleet services such as driveaway, vehicle storage, and titling and registration.
It hopes to leverage PARS’ experience in lifecycle management and its own expertise in finished vehicle logistics to benefit customers of each respective brand with “seamless access to an expanded portfolio of services through a single, trusted partner and end-to-end solutions that meet all their fleet and transport needs”.
"Joining RPM is a fantastic opportunity for our team and our customers,” said Lori Rasmussen, president and CEO of PARS. “Our dedication to service quality and metrics-driven solutions aligns perfectly with RPM's values. Together, we will be able to offer an even more powerful set of tools and a broader network to the fleet industry."
Big plans for 2026
With these two deals agreed before the end of 2025, RPM has ambitious plans for the year ahead. Growth has been a key target for RPM in recent years, further enabled by investment from two private equity firms – Dallas-based Trive Capital and Denver-based Bluejay Capital Partners.
This investment was announced in July 2024, with RPM founder and then-CEO Barry Spilman stating: “As we enter our next phase of growth, we are delighted to partner with Trive and Bluejay and leverage their significant operational and industry expertise.”
He elaborated: “The support and resources of these two firms should accelerate our growth trajectory by enhancing our service capabilities and unlocking new opportunities in North America and Europe. Together, we will continue to set the standard for excellence and innovation in our industry.”
"We are thrilled to have the support of Trive Capital and Bluejay Capital in welcoming Dealers Choice Auto Transport to the RPM team," said John Perkovich, president of RPM North America, after the closure of RPM’s second North American acquisition in December 2025.
"We believe 2026 is going to be our biggest year yet,” Perkovich added. “This acquisition opens us up to yet another industry vertical and continues to propel our growth with our current dealership and auction partners.”
He continued: “This combination will allow us to provide enhanced reliability and capacity during peak seasons, snowbird periods and high-demand auction cycles. We are united in our commitment to solving the most complex logistics challenges."
Agility a key focus for RPM
Perkovich spoke at the Finished Vehicle Logistics North America conference in 2025, highlighting the importance of being agile and able to adapt in today’s rapidly changing automotive logistics landscape.
“We've spent the last few years building out a network that can handle volumes of contracted and spot business… and we’re developing relationships with trucking companies,” he said. “We're looking to understand how to build a network that really feeds itself to create a more consistent experience.”
He added: “Where we go next is really going to rely on our ability to pivot and create more flexible solutions.”
By diversifying its revenue streams, targeting different markets and widening the ways in which it can move vehicles, RPM’s acquisition of Dealers Choice and PARS should allow the company to progress in terms of agility, as well as growth.
Expanding into value-added and lifecycle services through the acquisition of PARS reduces RPM’s reliance on pure transport volume, while operating across more segments of the vehicle logistics market gives RPM better visibility into demand trends across dealerships, auctions and fleets. That additional insight could allow RPM to shift capacity, pricing and resources quicker as it reacts to changes in market conditions.
